Eukaryotic cilia and flagella are essential organelles that extend from the cell surface, playing crucial roles in sensory ...

Dynein-2 is a motor protein essential for retrograde intraflagellar transport (IFT) on the A-tubule of ciliary doublet ...

Existence of cellular structures with specific size raises a fundamental question in biology: How do cells measure length? One conceptual answer to this question is by a molecular ruler, but examples ...

Cilia and flagella are evolutionarily conserved, microtubule-based, hair-like organelles that protrude from the cell surface. They are the fundamental units of motion in cellular biology, and also ...

Cell organelles can be compared to “integrated circuits”, in which many kinds of components are precisely arranged. However, it has been difficult to decode the “circuit diagrams” of cell organelles.

In a recent paper published in the journal Science, Associate Professor of Physics Zvonimir Dogic and colleagues present the first example of a simple microscopic system that self-organizes to produce ...

Living organisms are categorized based on various characteristics, and one classification system revolves around their cellular components, structure, and function. Consequently, organisms, including ...

Most of us will probably be able to recall at least vaguely that a molecule called ATP is essential for making our bodies move, but this molecule is only a small part of a much larger system. Although ...

One essential component of each eukaryotic cell is the cytoskeleton. Microtubules, tiny tubes consisting of a protein called tubulin, are part of this skeleton of cells. Cilia and flagella, which are ...